Barrel-cover



(No Model.)

C. F. HEINS. BARREL Gov.

Patnted Nov. 5, 1889.

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CUJXRLES F. IlElNS, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLlNl-X.

BARREL-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 414,409, dated November 5, 1889.

Application led August 8, 1889. Serial No. 320,112. (No model.)

To LZZ whoml t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. IInINs, of Charleston, in the county of Charleston and State of South Carolina, have invented`a new and Improved Barrel-Cover, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to covers for barrels or tubs from which sugar, salt, crackers, butter, lard, or other edibles or substances are retailed to consumers; and the invention has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient cover allowing the barrels 4of the cover.

or tubs to he placed either on their bottom or side under counters or between shelves and giving most convenient access to the goods, and adapted to fully protect the contents of the barrel or tub from dust or other foreign matter, or from mice, rats, or vermin.

The invention consists in cert-ain novel features of construction and combinations of parts of the barrel-cover7 all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures` Figure l is a top plan view of a barrel-cover made in accordance with my invention and partly broken away, and shown partly open in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the cover, taken on the line x in Fig. l, and shows also a part of a barrel to which the cover is applied. Fig. a is a transverse section of the cover, taken on the line y y in Fig. l, and also shows part of the barrel g and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modi--v fied form of the cover, shown partly open.

The barrel-cover is made with two main portions A B, each being a little larger than a half-circle which would circumscribe the top of a barrehlreg, or other round box which the cover is intended to fit, so as to allow the part A to overlap the part B a little at the center of the cover. The part B is fixed to one side of an annular hoop orbandC,which fits quite closely7 around the top of a barrel D, and at its upper part is preferably provided with an inner iixed auxiliary hoop or band c, which serves as a stay to that portion of the hoop C which overhangs the part B,

and also braces the joint between the parts B C, and also forms a stop to the cover at the top of the barrel. The overhangng portion of the auxiliary hoop or band c rises to the top of the main hoop C, and with it gives a more substantial support to the movable portion A of the cover than it would have on the main hoop C alone. The partl A of the cover is preferably provided with a semicircular marginal band c, which projects down ward suliiciently to form a guide to it at the outer face of the hoop C of the relativelyx'ed portion B of the cover.

The two parts A B are pivoted together on a pin E, which is iixed in the part A, and to this pin is fixed one end of a coiled spring F, the other end of which is held by a pin or screw f to the under side oi' the part B, whereby, as the part A is swung around in the direction of the arrow in Fig. l of the drawings to open the cover, as indicated in dotted lines, the spring will be coiled up or put in tension, so that when the part A is released the spring, in unooiling or expanding, will swing the part A around again and automatically close the barrel-cover. Then the cover is closed, the

beveled end g of a spring-pressed latch or pin G, fitted to the part A, will enter a notch h, made in the edge of the part B, and will stop -against a bent metal plate H, fitted at said to the latch and serves to withdraw it against the pressure of its spring, and this head with the collar serves as a handle by which the partA of the cover may be conveniently operated or opened.

When the cover is to be opened, the latch G will be grasped and the part A will be thereby swung or turned around on the pin E as an axis of motion, and as the cover is quite fully 'opened the beveled face of the end g of the latch will strike the pendent edge Q1 of a catoh-plate I, which is tted into the relatively stationary part B of the cover, and the latch will spring into a hole t" made in the catch-plate and .part B to prevent the spring F closing the cover, or, in other words,

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to latch the cover open as long as may be desired to allow sugar, butter, lard, salt, grain,

.or other contents ot' the barrel to be removed at leisure. A stop-pin J, fixed in the coverband C, stops the opening of the part Awhen the latch G engages its catch-plate I, and this pin is also adapted to be struck by the band a of the part A as the cover closes to partly relieve the shock of contact of the latch with the plate ll. To close the cover it is only necessary to lift the latch-button or head g2 and thereby disengage the latch from the catchplate, and then release hold of the latch and allow the spring F to instantly swing the part A around to close the cover, in which position it is shown in full lines in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings.

A modified form of the barrel-cover is shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, which represents a movable part A', pivoted at a? to a relatively stationary part B', provided with a pendent rim C', adapted to fit the top of a barrel, keg, or other round boX or package. A button CL3 on the part A serves as a handle by which to swing or turn it to open or close the cover by hand in a manner which will readily be understood.

The cover may simply be laid on top of a barrel or it may be secured to the barrel by screws or nails, as represented in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure b v Letters Patentl. A barrel-cover consisting' of two parts pivoted for movement face to face, one part provided With a hoop adapted to t a barreltop, combined with a spring normally closing` the barrel-cover, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A barrel-cover consisting of tWo parts pivoted for movement face to face, one part provided with a hoop adapted to lit. a barreltop, combined with a spring normally closing the cover and a latch normally holding the cover open, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination, in a barrel-cover, of a relatively stationary part B, having a hoop C,

a movable part A, pivoted by a pin E to the part B, and a coil-spring F, held to the pivot E and part B, substantially as herein set forth.

4:. The combination, in a barrel-cover, of a relatively stationary'part B, having a hoop C, a movable part A, pivoted to part B and provided With a spring-latch G, and a catch-plate I on the part A for said latch, substantially as herein set forth.

5. The combination, in a barrel-cover, of a relatively stationary part B, provided With a notch h, plate H,lining said notch, and a part A,piv0ted to part B and provided with a springlatch G, adapt-ed to'said notch and to a catchplate on the cover, substantially as herein set forth.

6. The combination, in a barrel-cover, of a relatively stationary part B,having a hoop C, provided with a stopepin J, a part A, pivoted to part B and provided with a latch, and a catch-plate on the part B for said latch, substantially as herein set forth.

7. The combination, in a barrel-cover, of a relatively stationary part- B, having a hoop C and an auxiliary bracehoop c, seated Within said hoop, and a part A pivot-ed to part B and moving on the face thereof, substantially as herein set forth.

CHARLES F. HEINS. Ti tn esses:

DANIEL R. BURIE, HERMANN F. BRUNER. 

